2014 NISSAN VERSA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 NISSAN VERSA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND WHILE IDLING AT TRAFFIC STOPS. THE CONTACT CHECKED THE FLUID LEVELS AND FOUND NO ANTIFREEZE IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR AN OIL CHANGE. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. CLAY COOLEY NISSAN (39690 LYNDON B JOHNSON FWY SOUTH, DALLAS, TX 75237, (972) 635-4062) QUOTED A REPAIR COST OF OVER $1,600. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,000.

CAR CUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT WARNING LIGHTS OR ENGINE LIGHTS. IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. CAR WAS IN MOTION BUT IN SLOW TRAFFIC. ALSO, BRAKES ALMOST STOPPED WORKING.

AROUND 65,000 MILES I STARTED HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THE CTV / AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE CAR SOMETIMES JERKS/SHAKES AS I ACCELERATE AND TAKES LONGER THAN IT USED TO TO SPEED UP. THIS HAS PUT ME IN IMMEDIATE DANGER SEVERAL TIMES - FOR EXAMPLE, SWITCHING LANES ON THE HIGHWAY, I CAN NO LONGER BE CERTAIN THAT I WILL SWITCH LANES IN TIME FOR THE OTHER CARS NOT TO HIT ME. I TOOK THIS CAR TO A MECHANIC WHO SAID IT MAY BE MY TRANSMISSION FLUID - I GOT THE FLUID CHANGED IN AN OFFICIAL NISSAN SHOP IN NORWELL, MA. THE ISSUE WAS NOT RESOLVED - AND WHEN I CALLED THE NISSAN SHOP AGAIN, THEY SAID IF THE ENGINE LIGHT IS NOT ON, THERE IS NO PROBLEM. THE ISSUE HAS NOT RESOLVED AND THEY DO NOT WANT TO HELP.

VEHICLE MOVES ABRUPTLY LEFT AND RIGHT WHEN MOVING. HAPPENS MOST OBVIOUSLY WHEN AT HIGH SPEEDS ON THE HIGHWAY LETTING OFF THE GAS PEDAL TO SLOW OR COAST FOR A MOMENT AND THEN PRESSING GAS TO SPEED UP AGAIN. WORKS THE SAME WHEN SHIFTING (MANUAL TRANSMISSION) AT LOW SPEEDS. TWO INDEPENDENT MECHANICS ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE, BUT COULD FIND NO CAUSE OR SOLUTION--IT IS NOT GROOVES IN THE ROAD OR TIRES OR SUCH THINGS. ONE MECHANIC CALLED NISSAN, WHO SAID THEY'VE HAD SIMILAR COMPLAINTS WITH THIS VEHICLE, BUT THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THE VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE ABOVE 30-40 MPH AS THE WOBBLE IN THE FRONT END IS SIGNIFICANT AS DESCRIBED. IT'S NOT THE STRUTS, NOT THE CONTROL ARMS, ETC. NO CODE COMES UP FOR ANY ELECTRONICS ISSUE. IT IS A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM.

BROUGHT THIS CAR USED FROM A USED CAR DEALER IN LILBURN, GA FOR MY COLLEGE AGE DAUGHTER TO GET BACK AND FORTH TO SCHOOL/WORK. WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, I TOOK THE CAR TO NISSAN SOUTH IN MORROW, GA FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION, THAT IT WOULD COST $3861.00 PLUS TAX. I'M NOW FINDING THAT THE CVT TRANSMISSIONS ON THESE CARS ARE CRAP! AND NISSAN USA CORP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. NISSAN OPENED A CASE FOR THE CAR, WE RECEIVED A CALL FROM JOSHUA W/NISSAN CUSTOMER CARE AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT THE CAR (EVEN THOUGH THE MILEAGE IS UNDER 100K). WHY IS NISSAN ABLE TO PROFIT OFF OF CONSUMERS WHILE SELLING A KNOWINGLY DEFECTIVE PRODUCT? WHY HASN'T THE NHTSA STOPPED NISSAN FROM SELLING THIS VEHICLE? I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER NISSAN AGAIN, EVER!!!!

THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DISABLED LIGHT INADVERTENTLY REMAINED LIT, & THE RED AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON INDICATING THE CAR'S AIRBAG SYSTEM IS DISABLED COMPLETELY. CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN ON SECONDARY ROADS WHEN CONDITION OCCURRED.

POWER TRAIN FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE TRAVELING AT PROPER SAFE POSTED SPEED LIMITS ON THE FREEWAY AND CITY STREETS AND ROADS, WHICH RESULTED IN IMPROPER UPSHIFTING AFTER COMPLETE STOPS AND HARD UPSHIFT SLAMMING TYPE IMPACT ON POWER TRAIN UPON TAKE OFF, AS WELL AS GRINDING TYPE NOISES COMING FROM BENEATH THE ENGINE, INCLUDING EXCESSIVE VIBRATION COMING UP THROUGH SHIFT COLUMN, THIS OCCURRED ON 9/14/2019 ON OUR 2014 NISSAN VERSA NOTE, PER THE INFORMATION WHICH WE HAVE OBTAINED, THIS IS A COMMON FAILURE OF THIS MODEL AFTER MILEAGE RANGING FROM 50,00 TO 80,000 MILES OF SERVICE, AND IS A COSTLY REPAIR, AND FEEL THE AUTO MAKER WAS AWARE OF THIS POWER TRAIN LIFE SPAN FAILURE, WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED INTO A LIFE THREATENING ISSUE FOR VEHICLE OWNERS OR OPERATORS WITHOUT A SAFE ROUTE OF ESCAPE FROM POSSIBLE TRAFFIC COLLISION'S, THAT WOULD HAVE RESULTED FROM LOSS OF POWER DURING HEAVY FREEWAY OR CROSS TRAFFIC, AND BEING SUCH A SMALL VEHICLE IN SUCH A SITUATION, THE INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE WOULD BE GREAT, BUT THE AUTO MAKER NEGLECTED TO, AND MADE NO EFFORT TO INFORM US OR THE PUBLIC OF SUCH ISSUES, AND DELIBERATELY MADE THIS A DISPOSABLE VEHICLE TO ENCOURAGE FINANCIAL LOSSES TO VEHICLE OWNERS AND INCREASE AUTO SALES. I FOR ONE HAVE BEEN SATISFIED WITH THIS VEHICLE TILL NOW, BEING IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED SINCE IT'S PURCHASE IN 2015, BY A REPUTABLE CERTIFIED AUTO MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SHOP, I ALSO FEEL THAT BEING THE AUTO MAKER IS FAMILIAR WITH THIS DEFECT AND THE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS AND COSTS RELATED TO THE POWER TRAIN FAILURE, THAT THEY SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS DEFECT.

FIRST TIME VEHICLE HAD JUST STARTED AND STEERING AND BRAKES WERE LOCKED. CAR WAS SHUT DOWN AND STARTED AGAIN AND IT WAS OK. THE SECOND TIME VEHICLE WAS PULLING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY INTO STREET AND BRAKES AND STEERING LOCKED UP. EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD TO BE USED. MY 18 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER DRIVES VEHICLE AND I DRIVE ON FREEWAY TO WORK. IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN ON THE FREEWAY OR ANYWHERE IN TRAFFIC SERIOUS INJURY MAY RESULT. THIS MODEL IS KNOWN FOR FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS BUT NOT SURE IF THIS IS RELATED. I AM TAKING IT TO DEALER METRO NISSAN REDLANDS, CA. ON 8/24/19.

I PURCHASED THE CAR IN 2018 AT OVER 72K AND IT IS NOW 94K, THE TRANSMISSION IS BAD NOW. EVERYTIME I HIT THE GAS, THE RPM JUMPS UP TO 4000-5000. EATS UP ALL THE GAS QUICKLY. SOMETIMES IT WOULD SHAKE WHEN I LET GO OF THE GAS PEDAL. IT STARTED JULY 2019 AND PER MECHANIC, I WILL NEED TO GET RID OF THE CAR.

PREVIOUSLY, THE TRANSMISSION OF MY VEHICLE WAS AFFECTED WHEN THE MOTHERBOARD OF A TAIL LAMP MALFUNCTIONED. I WAS INFORMED BY THE NISSAN SERVICE AGENT THAT THIS CAUSED A SIGNAL TO BE SENT TO THE TRANSMISSION THAT INDICATED THE VEHICLE SHOULD BE GOING IN REVERSE. THIS CAUSES THE TRANSMISSION TO FALTER AND THE CAR STUTTERS AND/OR STALLS WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE. I HAVE LOOKED UP A FEW ACCIDENTS, WHICH APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A FAILURE TO ACCELERATE, BUT NO ONE HAS LOOKED INTO THE TAIL LAMP ASSEMBLY, BECAUSE NO ONE WOULD THINK IT WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT. I HAVE ALSO SPOKEN WITH AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING EXPERT WHO STATED THAT IT IS POSSIBLE FOR ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS TO IMPACT THE TRANSMISSION, SINCE THE BULK OF THE WIRING IS HOOKED UP TO IT INSTEAD OF THE BATTERY. NOW MY CAR IS ONCE AGAIN EXPERIENCING THIS POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING ISSUE. HOWEVER, WHILE IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE, THERE ARE NO RECALLS OR REPAIR TICKETS FOR THE TAIL LAMPS WHICH CAUSE THE PROBLEM. IN NEWER TAIL LAMP ASSEMBLIES, THE ISSUE HAS BEEN FIXED. HOWEVER, THE ORIGINAL MOTHERBOARDS WITH THE 2014 NISSAN VERSA BODY STYLE CAN START TO MALFUNCTION AT ANY TIME.